Comments on: From the Valley of the Green Giant, Google Energy Czar Lowers the Heat http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/01/23/from-the-valley-of-the-green-giant-google-energy-czar-lowers-the-heat/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Steve Harrington http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/01/23/from-the-valley-of-the-green-giant-google-energy-czar-lowers-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-115405 Steve Harrington Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:16:02 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=9793#comment-115405 If you used direct liquid cooling, you could get the water up to 40-50C without overheating the processors, which would be useful for a lot of applications. The water consumption for 300 servers is about the same as for a typical household, and you can use reclaimed water, so it is not as bad as using all the electricity for air conditioning. Steve Harrington Flometrics If you used direct liquid cooling, you could get the water up to 40-50C without overheating the processors, which would be useful for a lot of applications.

The water consumption for 300 servers is about the same as for a typical household, and you can use reclaimed water, so it is not as bad as using all the electricity for air conditioning.

Steve Harrington
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]]> By: Birney Summers http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/01/23/from-the-valley-of-the-green-giant-google-energy-czar-lowers-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-44892 Birney Summers Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:15:53 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=9793#comment-44892 The waste heat from data centers is an under used asset. Preheating water for restrooms and cafeterias comes to mind as a possible recovery method. Google could probably supply preheated water for the whole community. Evaporative cooling (cooling towers)works very well but consumes large volumes of water and Calif. is chronically short of water. Maybe they can provide free hot tub use for everyone. The waste heat from data centers is an under used asset. Preheating water for restrooms and cafeterias comes to mind as a possible recovery method. Google could probably supply preheated water for the whole community. Evaporative cooling (cooling towers)works very well but consumes large volumes of water and Calif. is chronically short of water. Maybe they can provide free hot tub use for everyone.

]]> By: sethhettena.com » Blog Archive » Google saves green by going green http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/01/23/from-the-valley-of-the-green-giant-google-energy-czar-lowers-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-44850 sethhettena.com » Blog Archive » Google saves green by going green Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:26:02 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=9793#comment-44850 [...] knew Google had an energy czar? Google’s Bill Weihl was in town yesterday talking about his company’s efforts to save energy. The Internet search giant uses a lot of energy to power the massive data centers where all those [...] [...] knew Google had an energy czar? Google’s Bill Weihl was in town yesterday talking about his company’s efforts to save energy. The Internet search giant uses a lot of energy to power the massive data centers where all those [...]

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